commonwealth

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n. 共和国；联邦；国民整体

发音

CA /ˈkɑmənˌwɛlθ/
US /ˈkɑmənˌwɛlθ/
AU /ˈkɔmənˌwɛlθ/
NZ /ˈkɒmənˌwelθ/
UK /ˈkɒmənˌwɛlθ/

词形变化

commonwealths 复数 commonwealths

别名

Commw. common-wealth

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    The well-being of a community.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    The entirety of a (secular) society, a polity, a state.

  3. 3.

    Republic. Often capitalized, as Commonwealth.

    联邦

    1649, Act of the Long Parliament Be it declared and enacted by this present Parliament and by the Authoritie of the same That the People of England and of all the Dominions and Territoryes thereunto belonging are and shall be and are hereby constituted, made, established, and confirmed to be a Commonwealth and free State And shall from henceforth be Governed as a Commonwealth and Free State by the supreame Authoritie of this Nation, the Representatives of the People in Parliam[ent] and by such as they shall appoint and constitute as Officers and Ministers under them for the good of the People and that without any King or House of Lords.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 8

country land state nation republic democracy body politic res publica

上位词 8

state province form of government international organisation international organization political entity political system political unit

下位词 10

power ally dominion superpower city-state developing country foreign country great power Reich rogue state

部分词 1

estate

相关短语

Commonwealth of Australia 澳大利亚联邦 Commonwealth English Commonwealth of Independent States n. 独立国家联合体；独联体 Commonwealth Games 英联邦运动会 Commonwealth of Nations n. 英联邦 Commonwealth realm Commonwealth of the Bahamas [网络] 巴哈马联邦；巴哈马国；巴哈马斯 Commonwealth of Dominica 多米尼加联邦（北美洲国家名） Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Day n. 英联邦日；英国联邦纪念日 Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland Commonwealth of Puerto Rico [网络] 波多黎各联邦 Commonwealth realms Commonwealth of Virginia Commonwealth of The Bahamas

词源

From common (“public”) + wealth (“well-being”). From c. 1450 as common wele (commonweal). In the form common-wealth (common welthe) from c. 1520, used by Tyndale in the sense "secular society" in particular, for which other authors preferred publike weal. Also from the 1520s treated as a synonym or loan-translation of res publica (republic) (Rollison 2017:67f).

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